COBIT Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring COBIT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 54 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Contract jobs citing COBIT 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.30% 0.21% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.02% 1.02% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £517 - -
25th Percentile £521 £555 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £560 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% - -
75th Percentile £543 £565 -
90th Percentile £544 - -
North West median daily rate £600 £665 £575
% change year-on-year -9.77% +15.65% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire

COBIT falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 99 98 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 14.73% 20.68% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 63 33
10th Percentile £350 £313 £265
25th Percentile £383 £358 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - +81.82%
75th Percentile £516 £554 £556
90th Percentile £634 £595 £610
North West median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - - £17.14
25th Percentile £30.00 £21.05 £17.20
Median hourly rate £32.00 £23.14 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +38.32% +30.56% +10.27%
75th Percentile £34.00 £24.18 £27.91
90th Percentile - - £35.75
North West median hourly rate £52.78 £22.09 £26.65
% change year-on-year +138.91% -17.11% -48.68%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COBIT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

COBIT job vacancy trend in Cheshire

COBIT
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing COBIT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing COBIT

COBIT
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford - 2 £534 -
COBIT
North West

COBIT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CBAP
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow